Missing JNU student's mother, 200 others detained in Delhi

IANS | New Delhi
| November 06, 2016

Members of AISA and JNUSU shouting slogans during their protest in New Delhi | PTI

Around 200 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students as well as missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad's mother were detained here on Sunday while they were proceeding to stage a protest near India Gate against police inaction in the case.

One of the protestors, Shahid Raza, alleged that police manhandled Najeeb's mother Fatima. The detainees were later taken to Mandir Marg police station, police said.

"The police detained us on way to India Gate. They manhandled Najeeb's mother... in fact, two young women riding an auto-rickshaw were detained by male police officials who were not accompanied by any woman police official," Raza said.

"Najeeb's mother being dragged away by Delhi Police. In this country, a mother cannot publicly protest for her missing son," tweeted Pratik Sinha.

A police official said that the protestors were detained since restrictions under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, banning assembly of four or more people at one place, are in force around India Gate.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who met the JNU students ahead of their protest, questioned why the Centre is "scared" of the students.